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W. A. SGOLLAY, BALANCE TIP FOR BROOMS.

No. 296.879. Patented Apr. 15, 1884.

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WILLIAllI A. SCOLLAY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- FOURTH TO W'ILMER BRADFORD, OF SAME PLACE.

BALANCE-TIP FORBROOMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,879, dated April 15, 1884.

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To (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. SCOLLAY, a citizen of theUnit-ed States, residing in San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have inventeda certain new and useful Balance-Tip for Brooms, of which the following is a specification.

It is a well-known fact that the sweeping of rooms and carpets is at best atedious and tiresome operation, and very exhausting to persons of delicate constitution. This condition of affairs has not arisen from the weight of the broom itself, but from the fact that the preponderance of weight has always been at the 4 lower end of the broom, and where the contact with the carpet is had, and where the leverage operating against the sweeper is greatest; hence the object ofniy invention is to overcome these difficulties, and provide a means whereby 2c the lower end of the broom, when in the hands of the sweeper, may be balanced, and the op eration of the sweeping rendered more easy. This object I accomplish by means of the de vice illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved balance-tip applied to a broom. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section through the balance-tip. Fig. 3 is an elevation. Fig. A is a central vertical section illustrating a modifrontier], and Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the device illustrated in Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference are used to designate like parts throughout the several fig 3 5 ures.

My broom balance-tip Ais preferably made ofcast-iron, and is globular in form, having a shank or neck, A, which is made hollow and adapted to receive the upper end of the broomhandle, as shown in Fig. 1. The shank A is provided with one or more holes, a, through which a nail may be driven into the broomhaudle, and thus serve to keep the tip in position upon the broom.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4: I have 5 shown the bore of the shank or neck A provided with a screw-thread, and adapted to be screwed down upon the end of the broom-handle, thus dispensing with the nailholes and nails, although I have found the latter to be WILLIAM A. SGOLLAY. [L 8.]

Witnesses:

WILMER BRADFORD, Ones. E. KELLY. 

